In the Amazonian pioneer fronts, the processes of change towards sustainable agricultural practices is a complex issue regarding environmental and social specificities. Studies on farm trajectories and pathways analyze the spatial-temporal evolution of agricultural dynamics. There is a diversity of methodologies used for the study of agricultural trajectories ranging from farm to regional scales. The purpose of this study is to analyze the literature on farms trajectories and pathways in order to describe the main approaches, their conceptualization, how they address agroecology, family organization and the role of women. Using a systematic review of the literature adapted from the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodology, it was found that studies on trajectories are mostly retrospective analyses while studies on pathways are prospective, however there is no consensus on the use of these trajectory and pathway concepts. Four main methodological approaches of retrospective farm trajectory were classified, i) territorial approach, ii) in-depth approach at farm scale associated with territorial output, iii) landscape and farmer dynamics approach and iv) comprehensive approach of the process of change at farm scale. For prospective analyses, most of them use simulation tools for the creation of future scenarios. There is no real articulation between retrospective approaches (trajectories) and prospective approaches (pathways), nor an integration of the agroecological transition in the methodologies analyzed. The role of women and family organization are not priority questions in studies on agricultural trajectories. We propose an analytical framework that focuses on the family organization and the principles of agroecology to better describe agricultural dynamics in a pioneer front context. We focus on farmers' decisions that affect the spatial organization of the farms, highlighting territorial factors and public policies